General Psychology Paper Subjective Experience Of Acute Or Chronic Pain

Overview: 
One of psychology's claims to fame is that psychological information can be applied to better 
understand and help people's everyday lives. For this paper, you will have the opportunity to explore a topic in psychology that has such implications, research it in more detail, and consider how this information can be applied.
Instructions: 
(1)Please choose one topic from the list below.
Each topic is based on material discussed in the 
respective modules.
(2)Research your topic. Start by reading the module content and note any references in the 
module. Then, find websites, articles, and/or books on your topic. Your research must include at 
least 2 articles or books. That is, websites can be very helpful and informative, but your final 
paper must include full articles (whether from the internet or elsewhere) 
or books on the topic. Sources should be reputable and consistent with what you learned in the module as well as other sources. GoogleScholar and PDF articles from the internet can be helpful resources. 
Tips for finding sources: 
(a)A Google search can be a
helpful way to start. You can then see the scope and type of 
information available. After you've read up on the topic, you can then search more 
academic sources such as through GoogleScholar or academic websites (such as hospitals 
and research institutions) that might have articles and reports available. 
(b)Each topic on the list doeshave information that you can find online as well as in print. If, 
for whatever reason, you have trouble locating this information, you may want to switch 
topics. 
(c)Make sure you use good search terms when trying to find articles. You may want to start 
broad (for example, “Bystander effect”) and then narrow to your particular area. 
(3)Each topic has an application component. Some suggestions for application can be researched, 
but you will also need to come up with your own ideas. You may want to jot down notes as you 
research your topic so that you can come to your own conclusions.
(4)Write the paper. Be sure to include all components from the questions above for your topic. The 
paper should be written in essay format (not an outline), in 12-point font, and double
-spaced. Be sure to edit carefully before submitting the paper. Here is the format for writing the paper:
Format: 
I. Introduction. Introduce your topic and explain why this topic was of interest to you. 
II. Body of paper. Fully address your topic and all the components of it. Support your points with 
your cited research. The topic should be explained in full. This section should be at least 3 pages 
long.
III. Application. Discuss your topic's application component. Be sure to mention what 
applications are recommended by others and what you recommend. You must include your own 
views about what the application should be, and clearly state them and why. This section should
be at least 1-2 pages
IV. Conclusion. Conclude your topic with a wrap-up paragraph. Some suggestions for a good 
conclusion: a) End by summarizing what was learned about this topic; b) End by emphasizing a 
particular application of the information; c) End by suggesting where future research and 
discussion should go on this topic.
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Sensation and Thresholds(This is module 3 topic)
From Module 3
This going to be the essay title (The subjective experience of acute or chronic pain). (What factors influence how someone 
experiences pain? How can this 
knowledge be applied to help quality of life?)
This article is from the module 3 lesson also you can use it as references
C. Other Senses
Here is a quick overview of the remaining senses.
Sense Sense Organ Description
1. Skin Senses Skin Skin is especially sensitive on your face and hands. Touch stimulates nerves, which sends information to brain.
2. Olfaction (Smell) Nose Odors stimulate nose hairs, which then send electric information to the brain. Olfaction is very powerfully linked to memory.
3. Gustation (taste) Tongue Food stimulates taste buds on tongue, and information is sent to the brain's parietal lobe.
4. Pain All over the body Specialized pain receptors are set throughout body, and these send alarm messages to brain.
5. Kinesthetic (body position in regard to other body parts) Receptors in joints, muscles, tendons Moving one's arms or legs, for example, sends messages to the brain so that you have knowledge of what certain parts of your body are doing relative to other parts.
6. Vestibular (body position in regard to gravity) Inner ear Movement in the cochlea's fluid communicates important information to the brain regarding body position and orientation.
A special section needs to be reserved for the sensation of pain, which is a psychologically complex phenomenon. Pain can be either Acute or Chronic. These terms do not communicate anything about the intensity of pain, since they both can be intense. However, they tell you about the duration of the pain. Acute pain is sharp and sudden, while chronic pain keeps lingering.
Pain is surprisingly difficult to understand and explain, since the same experience can be extremely painful for some and not for others. One theory of pain is Melzack and Wall's Gate-Control theory (1965) that states that our spinal cord has a “gate” that can block pain. Pain can occur in the presence or absence of actual physical cause. Certain pain signals (on larger nerves) are let in, while the smaller ones are not permitted through this so-called gate.
References
Green, D. M. & Swets, J. A. (1966/1974). Signal detection theory and psychophysics
(A reprint, with corrections of the original 1966 ed.). Huntington, NY: Robert E.
Krieger Publishing Company.
James, W. (1890). Principles of Psychology. Retrieved from
https://psychclassics(dot)yorku(dot)ca/James/Principles/
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This is how you are going to write the paper.
http://www(dot)simplypsychology(dot)org/psychology-essay.html
How to Make an APA-Style Reference Page 
a.Make the Reference page your last page of your paper. It should be on its own, stand-alone page. Center the word, References, at the top of the page. 
b.Every source on the reference page should appear in your paper in a parenthetical citation.
c.Sources should be alphabetized by the author's last name. If there is no author, it is 
alphabetized by the company or organization or institution that put out the article.
d.The general format for all sources is: Author's last name, first and middle initials, year, 
title, additional information relevant to the specific source.
e.APA style. Here is the APA format for the most likely types of sources you'll have. 
Books: Note that only the first word is capitalized unless the word is a proper noun or acronym. Books also need the publisher and city in which it was published. The book title is italicized.
Wilsey, S. A. (2015). Using APA style. 
Pittsburgh: Emergent Press.
Articles: Again, only the first word of the title is capitalize
d. The title is not italicized, but the journal name is. The first number after the journal name is the volume number, followed by the page numbers of the specific article. This example also shows you how to cite two authors. Wilsey, S. A., & Penne, P. (2015). Writing using APA style. 
Journal of Good Ideas, 2, 10-20. 
Articles retrieved online: Whether or not the article or source has a print publication, if you retrieved it online, you should cite it differently. The same article listed above, if retrieved online, should be cited as:Wilsey, S. A., & Penne, P. (2015). 
Writing using APA style. Retrieved from http://www(dot)madeupthisurl(dot)com
If the online source is not an article but is instead a website, the article's title is listed first, followed by the name of the website. 
The URL is still needed: Wilsey, S. A., & Penne, P. (2015). 
Five tips on using 
APA style. 
APA Tips. 
Retrieved from 
http://www(dot)madeupthisurl(dot)com
2.Resources
a.Word can do your reference page formatting for you: 
https://support(dot)office(dot)com/en-nz/article/APA-MLA-Chicago-%E2%80%93-automatically-format bibliographies-405c207c-7070-42fa-91e7-eaf064b14dbb?ui=en-US&rs=en-NZ&ad=NZ
b.The OWL at Purdue is a great website for APA style: https://owl(dot)english(dot)purdue(dot)edu/owl/resource/560/3/
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Please,as usual make sure this paper is free form plagiarism and you follow the instruction Very well.Thank you.